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Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Saturate
Explanation: Saturate means to soak completely, fill fully, or drench thoroughly. Among the given options, Drench is the best match because both words carry the idea of making something completely wet or filled to capacity.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Culinary
Explanation: Culinary means related to cooking, kitchens, or the art of preparing food. Since none of the listed options expresses related to cooking, the correct answer should be None of the above.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Olfactory
Explanation: Olfactory means related to the sense of smell. Aromatic means having a pleasant smell or fragrance, which is not the same thing. Since none of the options means related to smell in a general sensory sense, the correct answer should be None of the above.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Tardy
Explanation: Tardy means late, delayed, or not on time. Among the given choices, Delayed is the closest and most appropriate synonym, so the provided answer is correct.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Nautical
Explanation: Nautical relates to ships, sailors, navigation, or the sea. Its opposite is something connected with land rather than water, and Terrestrial gives exactly that contrast. So the answer is correct.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Aboriginal
Explanation: Aboriginal means native, original, or existing in a place from the earliest times. Its opposite is Foreign, which refers to something belonging to another place or country. Therefore, the answer is correct.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Coda
Explanation: Coda means the concluding part of a piece of music, speech, or literary work. Its opposite is Introduction, which refers to the opening or beginning section. So the given answer is correct.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Celestial
Explanation: Celestial means relating to the sky, heavens, or outer space. Mundane means earthly, ordinary, or worldly, which gives the correct opposite in this context. So the answer is correct.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Related to the sense of smell.
Explanation: Olfactory directly means related to the sense of smell. It is the exact one-word substitution for the sentence given, so the provided answer is fully correct.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Related to ships, sailors, navigation, or the sea.
Explanation: Nautical is the exact word used for matters connected with ships, seafaring, and navigation. Hence, the answer matches the sentence perfectly and is correct.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Existing in a place from the earliest times; native or indigenous.
Explanation: Aboriginal means original inhabitants or native to a land from the earliest known times. That is exactly the meaning expressed in the sentence, so the answer is correct.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Related to the sky, heaven, or outer space.
Explanation: Celestial means heavenly or relating to the sky and outer space. It accurately substitutes the sentence given, so the answer is correct.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
I have just ________ reading an interesting novel.
Explanation: The correct expression is have just finished reading. It is a standard verbal structure in English, where finish is followed by a gerund. The other options do not fit grammatically or meaningfully in the sentence, so the answer is correct.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
My friends fail to see why I should ride the ________ horse just because I have won a prize
Explanation: The idiom is ride the high horse, which means to behave proudly or arrogantly. Since that exact expression is required here, high is the correct answer and the given key is correct.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Did the boys turn ________ for football practice?
Explanation: The phrasal verb turn up means to arrive or appear at a place. In the context of football practice, it is the only option that makes grammatical and contextual sense. So the answer is correct.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Once and for all
Explanation: The phrase once and for all means finally, permanently, or in a way that settles the matter completely. Therefore, option (c) correctly captures its meaning and the answer is right.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Sow wild oats
Explanation: Sow wild oats means to spend one’s younger years in careless, foolish, or irresponsible behavior. Among the options, wasting time by doing foolish things is the closest meaning, so the answer is correct.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To give the devil his due
Explanation: This idiom means acknowledging the good qualities or merits of a person even if that person is disliked or known to be bad. Therefore, option (a) correctly expresses the meaning.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
Could she cite (A)/ any precedent in support (B)/ for her case? (C)/ No error (D)
Explanation: The correct phrase is in support of her case, not in support for her case. Therefore, the error lies in part (C), because the preposition for should be replaced with of. So the given answer is correct.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
The best known leader (1)/ among them were (2)/ Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar patel and Jawaharlal Nehru. (3)/ No error (4)
Explanation: Since three persons are named, the noun should be plural: leaders, not leader. The verb were is already plural and fits correctly after that change. Therefore, the error is in part (1), so the given answer is correct.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
I was (A)/ at loss (B)/ and did not know what to do. (C)/No error (D)
Explanation: The correct idiomatic expression is at a loss, which means confused or uncertain about what to do. Since the article a is missing in part (B), that part contains the error. So the answer is correct.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words in the passage are printed in bold to help you to locate them easily while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> John Maynard Keynes, the trendiest dead economist of this apocalyptic moment was the godfather of government stimulus. Keynes had the radical idea that throwing money at recessions through aggressive deficit spending would resuscitate flat-lined economies and he wasn't too particular about where the money was thrown. In the depths of the Depression, he suggested that the Treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal mines then sit back and watch a money mining boom create jobs and it above would be better Barrack Obama throw money at the cur item a stimulus package it about $800 billion, plus the 350 billion chunk of the bailout we all really do see may Nissans now. <br><br> Just about expert agrees that pumping $ 1 into a moribund economy will p the ethereal goods and services re that Keynes called aggregate and stimulate at least some rattan activity, even if it is all tendon money pits. But Keynes was right that there would be more able ways to spend it. A trillion it's worth of bad ideas sprawl rig highways and bridges to no e, ethanol plants and pipelines accelerate global warming, tax for overleveraged McMahsidrters and burdensome new long federal entitlements would be than mere waste. <br><br> It would beer to buy every American an iPod,) Ginsu knives and 600 Subv$yngs would be smarter still to the money at things we need to which .is the goal of Obartias sing Arnericah Recovery and Recent Plan. It will include a mix of cuts, aid to beleaguered state a governments and spending rest needs ranging from food to computerized health records repairs to broadband net D energy efficiency retrofits, all d to save or create 3 million to in jobs by the end of 2010. has said speed is his top cause the faster Washington ash into the financial blood the better it stands to help multiyear slump with double employment and deflation. But v ants to use the stimulus to his long-term priorities reduce the use and carbon emissions, middle-class taxes, upgrading infrastructure, reining in e costs and eventually reduced get deficits that exploded large W. Bush. Obamas goal this crisis in the best sensed, to start pursuing his veneer, fairer, more compete sustainable economy was a megaton has demonstrated an impressive ability to spend money quickly, it has yet to prove that it can spend money wisely. <br><br> And the chum of a 1 with 12 zeros is already creating a feeding frenzy, for the ages. Lobbyists for shoe companies, zoos, catfish fanners, mall owners, airlines, public broadcasters, car dealers and everyone else who can afford their retainers are lining up for a piece of the stimulus. States that embarked on raucous spending and tax-cutting sprees when they were flush are begging for bailouts now that they're broke. And politicians are dusting off their unfunded mobster museums, watersides and other pet projects for rebranding as shovel ready infrastructure investments. As Obamas aides scramble to assemble something effective and transformative as well as politically achievable, they acknowledge the ten between his desires for speed and reform.
John M. Keynes was advocate of which of the following suggestions ?
Explanation: The passage says Keynes supported aggressive government spending during recessions in order to revive the economy. Option (a) is not perfectly worded because exorbitant sounds excessive, but it is still the closest option to the idea of large recessionary spending stimulating the economy. So it can be accepted.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words in the passage are printed in bold to help you to locate them easily while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> John Maynard Keynes, the trendiest dead economist of this apocalyptic moment was the godfather of government stimulus. Keynes had the radical idea that throwing money at recessions through aggressive deficit spending would resuscitate flat-lined economies and he wasn't too particular about where the money was thrown. In the depths of the Depression, he suggested that the Treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal mines then sit back and watch a money mining boom create jobs and it above would be better Barrack Obama throw money at the cur item a stimulus package it about $800 billion, plus the 350 billion chunk of the bailout we all really do see may Nissans now. <br><br> Just about expert agrees that pumping $ 1 into a moribund economy will p the ethereal goods and services re that Keynes called aggregate and stimulate at least some rattan activity, even if it is all tendon money pits. But Keynes was right that there would be more able ways to spend it. A trillion it's worth of bad ideas sprawl rig highways and bridges to no e, ethanol plants and pipelines accelerate global warming, tax for overleveraged McMahsidrters and burdensome new long federal entitlements would be than mere waste. <br><br> It would beer to buy every American an iPod,) Ginsu knives and 600 Subv$yngs would be smarter still to the money at things we need to which .is the goal of Obartias sing Arnericah Recovery and Recent Plan. It will include a mix of cuts, aid to beleaguered state a governments and spending rest needs ranging from food to computerized health records repairs to broadband net D energy efficiency retrofits, all d to save or create 3 million to in jobs by the end of 2010. has said speed is his top cause the faster Washington ash into the financial blood the better it stands to help multiyear slump with double employment and deflation. But v ants to use the stimulus to his long-term priorities reduce the use and carbon emissions, middle-class taxes, upgrading infrastructure, reining in e costs and eventually reduced get deficits that exploded large W. Bush. Obamas goal this crisis in the best sensed, to start pursuing his veneer, fairer, more compete sustainable economy was a megaton has demonstrated an impressive ability to spend money quickly, it has yet to prove that it can spend money wisely. <br><br> And the chum of a 1 with 12 zeros is already creating a feeding frenzy, for the ages. Lobbyists for shoe companies, zoos, catfish fanners, mall owners, airlines, public broadcasters, car dealers and everyone else who can afford their retainers are lining up for a piece of the stimulus. States that embarked on raucous spending and tax-cutting sprees when they were flush are begging for bailouts now that they're broke. And politicians are dusting off their unfunded mobster museums, watersides and other pet projects for rebranding as shovel ready infrastructure investments. As Obamas aides scramble to assemble something effective and transformative as well as politically achievable, they acknowledge the ten between his desires for speed and reform.
Which of the following is TRUE about Keynes philosophy?
Explanation: The passage clearly says Keynes was not too particular about where the money was thrown, which means the act of spending to stimulate the economy mattered more to him than strict selectivity about the spending target. Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words in the passage are printed in bold to help you to locate them easily while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> John Maynard Keynes, the trendiest dead economist of this apocalyptic moment was the godfather of government stimulus. Keynes had the radical idea that throwing money at recessions through aggressive deficit spending would resuscitate flat-lined economies and he wasn't too particular about where the money was thrown. In the depths of the Depression, he suggested that the Treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal mines then sit back and watch a money mining boom create jobs and it above would be better Barrack Obama throw money at the cur item a stimulus package it about $800 billion, plus the 350 billion chunk of the bailout we all really do see may Nissans now. <br><br> Just about expert agrees that pumping $ 1 into a moribund economy will p the ethereal goods and services re that Keynes called aggregate and stimulate at least some rattan activity, even if it is all tendon money pits. But Keynes was right that there would be more able ways to spend it. A trillion it's worth of bad ideas sprawl rig highways and bridges to no e, ethanol plants and pipelines accelerate global warming, tax for overleveraged McMahsidrters and burdensome new long federal entitlements would be than mere waste. <br><br> It would beer to buy every American an iPod,) Ginsu knives and 600 Subv$yngs would be smarter still to the money at things we need to which .is the goal of Obartias sing Arnericah Recovery and Recent Plan. It will include a mix of cuts, aid to beleaguered state a governments and spending rest needs ranging from food to computerized health records repairs to broadband net D energy efficiency retrofits, all d to save or create 3 million to in jobs by the end of 2010. has said speed is his top cause the faster Washington ash into the financial blood the better it stands to help multiyear slump with double employment and deflation. But v ants to use the stimulus to his long-term priorities reduce the use and carbon emissions, middle-class taxes, upgrading infrastructure, reining in e costs and eventually reduced get deficits that exploded large W. Bush. Obamas goal this crisis in the best sensed, to start pursuing his veneer, fairer, more compete sustainable economy was a megaton has demonstrated an impressive ability to spend money quickly, it has yet to prove that it can spend money wisely. <br><br> And the chum of a 1 with 12 zeros is already creating a feeding frenzy, for the ages. Lobbyists for shoe companies, zoos, catfish fanners, mall owners, airlines, public broadcasters, car dealers and everyone else who can afford their retainers are lining up for a piece of the stimulus. States that embarked on raucous spending and tax-cutting sprees when they were flush are begging for bailouts now that they're broke. And politicians are dusting off their unfunded mobster museums, watersides and other pet projects for rebranding as shovel ready infrastructure investments. As Obamas aides scramble to assemble something effective and transformative as well as politically achievable, they acknowledge the ten between his desires for speed and reform.
The author of the passage calls Barrack Obama and his team . Keynesians because BARACK OBAMA has been reluctant to follow Keynes philosophy
Explanation: The passage presents Obama’s team as Keynesian because they support large stimulus spending to revive the economy, not because of any of the absurd or unrelated reasons given in options (a), (c), or (d). Since none of those options reflects the actual reason, the correct answer should be None of these.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words in the passage are printed in bold to help you to locate them easily while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> John Maynard Keynes, the trendiest dead economist of this apocalyptic moment was the godfather of government stimulus. Keynes had the radical idea that throwing money at recessions through aggressive deficit spending would resuscitate flat-lined economies and he wasn't too particular about where the money was thrown. In the depths of the Depression, he suggested that the Treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal mines then sit back and watch a money mining boom create jobs and it above would be better Barrack Obama throw money at the cur item a stimulus package it about $800 billion, plus the 350 billion chunk of the bailout we all really do see may Nissans now. <br><br> Just about expert agrees that pumping $ 1 into a moribund economy will p the ethereal goods and services re that Keynes called aggregate and stimulate at least some rattan activity, even if it is all tendon money pits. But Keynes was right that there would be more able ways to spend it. A trillion it's worth of bad ideas sprawl rig highways and bridges to no e, ethanol plants and pipelines accelerate global warming, tax for overleveraged McMahsidrters and burdensome new long federal entitlements would be than mere waste. <br><br> It would beer to buy every American an iPod,) Ginsu knives and 600 Subv$yngs would be smarter still to the money at things we need to which .is the goal of Obartias sing Arnericah Recovery and Recent Plan. It will include a mix of cuts, aid to beleaguered state a governments and spending rest needs ranging from food to computerized health records repairs to broadband net D energy efficiency retrofits, all d to save or create 3 million to in jobs by the end of 2010. has said speed is his top cause the faster Washington ash into the financial blood the better it stands to help multiyear slump with double employment and deflation. But v ants to use the stimulus to his long-term priorities reduce the use and carbon emissions, middle-class taxes, upgrading infrastructure, reining in e costs and eventually reduced get deficits that exploded large W. Bush. Obamas goal this crisis in the best sensed, to start pursuing his veneer, fairer, more compete sustainable economy was a megaton has demonstrated an impressive ability to spend money quickly, it has yet to prove that it can spend money wisely. <br><br> And the chum of a 1 with 12 zeros is already creating a feeding frenzy, for the ages. Lobbyists for shoe companies, zoos, catfish fanners, mall owners, airlines, public broadcasters, car dealers and everyone else who can afford their retainers are lining up for a piece of the stimulus. States that embarked on raucous spending and tax-cutting sprees when they were flush are begging for bailouts now that they're broke. And politicians are dusting off their unfunded mobster museums, watersides and other pet projects for rebranding as shovel ready infrastructure investments. As Obamas aides scramble to assemble something effective and transformative as well as politically achievable, they acknowledge the ten between his desires for speed and reform.
What, according to Keynes, is the aggregate demand ?
Explanation: Aggregate demand means the total demand for goods and services in an economy at a given time. Since none of the options defines aggregate demand correctly, the right answer should be None of these.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words in the passage are printed in bold to help you to locate them easily while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> John Maynard Keynes, the trendiest dead economist of this apocalyptic moment was the godfather of government stimulus. Keynes had the radical idea that throwing money at recessions through aggressive deficit spending would resuscitate flat-lined economies and he wasn't too particular about where the money was thrown. In the depths of the Depression, he suggested that the Treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal mines then sit back and watch a money mining boom create jobs and it above would be better Barrack Obama throw money at the cur item a stimulus package it about $800 billion, plus the 350 billion chunk of the bailout we all really do see may Nissans now. <br><br> Just about expert agrees that pumping $ 1 into a moribund economy will p the ethereal goods and services re that Keynes called aggregate and stimulate at least some rattan activity, even if it is all tendon money pits. But Keynes was right that there would be more able ways to spend it. A trillion it's worth of bad ideas sprawl rig highways and bridges to no e, ethanol plants and pipelines accelerate global warming, tax for overleveraged McMahsidrters and burdensome new long federal entitlements would be than mere waste. <br><br> It would beer to buy every American an iPod,) Ginsu knives and 600 Subv$yngs would be smarter still to the money at things we need to which .is the goal of Obartias sing Arnericah Recovery and Recent Plan. It will include a mix of cuts, aid to beleaguered state a governments and spending rest needs ranging from food to computerized health records repairs to broadband net D energy efficiency retrofits, all d to save or create 3 million to in jobs by the end of 2010. has said speed is his top cause the faster Washington ash into the financial blood the better it stands to help multiyear slump with double employment and deflation. But v ants to use the stimulus to his long-term priorities reduce the use and carbon emissions, middle-class taxes, upgrading infrastructure, reining in e costs and eventually reduced get deficits that exploded large W. Bush. Obamas goal this crisis in the best sensed, to start pursuing his veneer, fairer, more compete sustainable economy was a megaton has demonstrated an impressive ability to spend money quickly, it has yet to prove that it can spend money wisely. <br><br> And the chum of a 1 with 12 zeros is already creating a feeding frenzy, for the ages. Lobbyists for shoe companies, zoos, catfish fanners, mall owners, airlines, public broadcasters, car dealers and everyone else who can afford their retainers are lining up for a piece of the stimulus. States that embarked on raucous spending and tax-cutting sprees when they were flush are begging for bailouts now that they're broke. And politicians are dusting off their unfunded mobster museums, watersides and other pet projects for rebranding as shovel ready infrastructure investments. As Obamas aides scramble to assemble something effective and transformative as well as politically achievable, they acknowledge the ten between his desires for speed and reform.
Highways, bridges, ethanol plants, etc. are considered by the author as
Explanation: The author describes these as examples of bad spending ideas and presents them as wasteful or imprudent uses of money in the context of stimulus. Even though environmental harm is also hinted at, the main judgment is that they are poor proposals to spend public money on. So the answer is correct.
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